Thanks for your comment, Marge. I don’t see them doing any damage, do you? Wish I could say the same for the squash vine borers. I lost 6 plants to them today. 🙁

I have them in my squash blossoms, too. They are less than 1/2 inch long and less than 1/16 inch wide. They do hop and they don’t like it when I put the blossom under water.

I’m going to post another picture. These critters are very small, only about 1/8″ long. Thanks for the help, y’all.

hmmm…it doesn’t look like a leaf hopper and it is way too big for a thrips Can you get more pix from different angles?

Thanks for the suggestion, Stone. The photo may be a bit deceiving. This creature is a squiggly thing, bending its body back and forth. It is very fast running, but does not fly or jump. There are many of them in each squash blossom. I have seem them in daisy flowers, too. I am leaning toward thrips. Does that seem likely to you? Thank you so much for the great link and for your help, Stone.

Looks like a leaf hopper. http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/leafhoppers_cicadellidae